2 files changed, 10 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/ext/pathname/lib/pathname.rb b/ext/pathname/lib/pathname.rb
index 907ee1157a..73aaed57f3 100644
--- a/ext/pathname/lib/pathname.rb
+++ b/ext/pathname/lib/pathname.rb
@@ -512,9 +512,6 @@ end
 
 class Pathname    # * File *
 
-  # See <tt>File.mtime</tt>.  Returns last modification time.
-  def mtime() File.mtime(@path) end
-
   # See <tt>File.chmod</tt>.  Changes permissions.
   def chmod(mode) File.chmod(mode, @path) end
 
diff --git a/ext/pathname/pathname.c b/ext/pathname/pathname.c
index e0963eacea..a0a209422a 100644
--- a/ext/pathname/pathname.c
+++ b/ext/pathname/pathname.c
@@ -251,6 +251,15 @@ path_ctime(VALUE self)
 }
 
 /*
+ * See <tt>File.mtime</tt>.  Returns last modification time.
+ */
+static VALUE
+path_mtime(VALUE self)
+{
+    return rb_funcall(rb_cFile, rb_intern("mtime"), 1, get_strpath(self));
+}
+
+/*
  * == Pathname
  *
  * Pathname represents a pathname which locates a file in a filesystem.
@@ -452,4 +461,5 @@ Init_pathname()
     rb_define_method(rb_cPathname, "realdirpath", path_realdirpath, -1);
     rb_define_method(rb_cPathname, "atime", path_atime, 0);
     rb_define_method(rb_cPathname, "ctime", path_ctime, 0);
+    rb_define_method(rb_cPathname, "mtime", path_mtime, 0);
 }